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Abbs, of Court Wood Lane, Croydon, admitted to having drunk nine pints of lager, and to having taken cocaine before getting into his vehicle.

Judge Zoe Smith said: Judge Smith said: "Nicole Davis was but 16-years-old. Nik Nik, as her family called her, was a treasured daughter and much-loved friend.

"She had everything to look forward to. Her family and friends are devastated by their loss."

Shaquille Wokoh

Shaquaille Wokoh, 24, has been sentenced to eight years behind bars

Shaquille Wokoh was sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on Monday, March 26, to eight years in prison, after he mounted a pavement in his car and drove at a crowd of people outside a Turkish bar and restaurant.

The 24-year-old from Croydon had been fighting inside the bar before he was thrown out in the early hours of September 16 last year.

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Wokoh jumped into his car after being thrown out of a late-night party at Mekan Bar and Restaurant, on Bromley Road in Catford. He mounted the pavement and drove directly at a crowd of people leaving the venue.

Police have said it was “only by luck” that Shaquille Wokoh didn't kill anyone in the shocking incident.

Richard Curtin

Richard Curtin pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his friend

Richard Curtin was jailed on Friday, March 9, for a crime he committed more than 20 years ago.

Curtin, 50, now of Great Peter Street, Westminster, admitted to starting a fire which raged in a block of Croydon flats in Violet Lane which killed his friend Paul Smith, 38, in 1996.

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Hastings - who was taking a call on his mobile - began to pull away and struck Mr Goodison.

Detective Constable Sejal Unadkat of the Roads and Transport Policing led the investigation and said: "This is a prime example of the consequences of using a mobile device when driving.

"While Hastings has admitted his guilt and has been jailed for his actions, this will be of little comfort to Mr Goodison’s family who continue to deal with this tragic loss."

Alando Bolt

Alando Bolt was jailed on Monday (Image: Metropolitan Police)

45-year-old Alando Bolt has been jailed for life after murdering a man in broad daylight outside of Argos, in Brixton.

Bolt, of Adelaide Close, Lambeth, launched an “unprovoked and vicious” attack on Andrew Thompson in August 2017, where he stabbed his victim 11 times in the street.

Detective Inspector Garry Moncrieff, of the Met’s Homicide and Major Crime Command (HMCC), said: "It is incredible that a trivial dispute led to murder and so much despair. Bolt deliberately armed himself with a knife and then carried out an unprovoked, vicious, and protracted assault - broad daylight and in a busy street.

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"I do not doubt that this day will haunt those who saw what happened and I am glad the jury has seen through Bolt's spurious claim of self-defence, and that the judge handed down a life-sentence.

He was ordered to serve a minimum of 21 years.

Wayne Surajballi

Wayne Surajballi has been jailed for 15 months (Image: BTP)

Wayne Surajballi, 29, exposed and sexually touched himself while in the presence of a young girl at a train station has been jailed.

Surajballi, of Newbury Street in Lambeth, appeared before Reading Crown Court on Wednesday, March 14, pleading guilty to one count of sexual activity in the presence of a child and one count of exposure.

He was sentenced to 15 months in prison.

The court heard that at about 3:30pm on Sunday, December 10 last year, a 14-year-old girl was in a waiting room at Martins Heron train station, in Berkshire.